I wouldn't be surprised to see him lose a bunch of the weight now. Apparently Takakeisho has done that since his retirement earlier in the year and he's looking a lot better. 28 is such an early age though, but at least he's reached the top division and probably made some decent money from it in his 20s.
unsucessful? he was in the top division for 7 years
I'm not talking about him and never claimed that he is unsucessful. I'm talking about the ones who retire and didn't make a name for themselves. At least the worst Sumo wrestler of all time who retired like two years ago was 19 or so and thin (yep, he never gained weight and never won a fight) but someone who got injured so much that he can't fight anymore or is forced leave because of a scandal? I wonder what happens to them.
I'd love to find out what's happening with Hokuseiho now after being banished from the sport for the shit he did.
Exactly, Murray from the NHK show had a split choice of either Onosato or Takerufuji simply because of that record being broken and how special that was. It was between those two and Onosato got chosen.
His super powerful showing in November and how hard he's going at practice bouts makes me hope something fanned the fire in him to have him level up.
That's what I thought for 2024 but here we are. It seems he's waiting for someone to take up the rope before he leaves but I guess something (besides another ligament) has to give at some point. I agree with you, it's very likely.
Naaaaaaah, he's going until he or his streak breaks.
40 years young, hes just entering his prime. in b4 he breaks the record for oldest man to be promoted to yokozuna
Jeez man, Hakuho's July run was my very first full 15 tournament. Such a great difference on how he finished on a fucking high while Teru has pretty much limped to a whimper. Kaiju now better take care of his knees, 33 man. Body ruined beyond repair probably at this point.
I annoyingly only started watching the sport after Hakuho's retirement so I've only really got to experience Terunofuji as a Yokozuna, but he was great for the first year or so of watching. You could tell he had that 'final boss' energy against opponents and he was fun to watch, but in the last couple of years he's looked so fatigued and plagued with injuries it's sad to watch him struggle through tournaments. He got two yusho wins last year but between that he was bowing out of contests within days of starting them. This basho alone I've felt like Hoshoryu is way more of a threat than the actual Yokozuna himself.
How wrong I was.
Wasn't it last year he had some back issues? I can imagine it's that coming back to haunt him.
Cheer's for the nephew! What an ending for the basho, may the nephew reign long as another Yokozuna!
His throwout of Takerufuji on Day 14 was amazingly done, and beating Kotozakura, Kinbozan AND Oho on Day 15 was even more satisfying. Surely this gets him a promotion.
